The provincial government of Saskatchewan has recently conducted a survey regarding the regulation of recreational cannabis and ways it should be approached. Here are the results.

Seeing how there is barely over a million residents in Saskatchewan province, one would think that the swing of opinions would be huge when it comes to recreational marijuana, but residents of Saskatchewan have once again shown the power of unity.

The survey was conducted among 26,199 residents and it contained 27 questions, of which we will cover those that are most important to Canada and residents of Saskatchewan.

Sales and distribution

When asked “How should cannabis be made available for purchase in Saskatchewan?”, most of the answers were in favor of retail stores and online sales.

Retail stores only: 22.7%

Online sales only (same as current medical marijuana sales): 9.9%

A mix of retail stores and online sales: 62.3%

Just over 5% of residents were unsure about this question.

They also largely approved walk-in retail locations to sell cannabis:

Over 75% of those asked either agreed or strongly agreed with approving them

The brunt of Saskatchewan residents also supported government-run sales, similar to Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority.

However, 37% of them were in favor of private business operated stores.

When it comes to rights, and who get’s to limit the right of access to cannabis, Saskatchewan residents don’t believe that municipalities should be allowed to further restrict access to cannabis in Saskatchewan.

In fact, nearly 58% of those asked disagreed or strongly disagreed with allowing municipalities to restrict access. Less than 30% agreed.